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10 List of Preparers and Organizations and 

Persons Consulted

10.1 EIS/EIR Preparers

10.1.1 Riverside County Transportation Commission

Anne Mayer, Executive Director

John Standiford, Deputy Executive Director

Sheldon Peterson, Rail Manager

Lorelle Moe-Luna, Multimodal Services Director

Ariel Alcon Tapia, Management Analyst

10.1.2 Federal Railroad Administration

Karla Maffett, Program Delivery Regional Team Lead 

Lyle Leitelt, Project Manager, Community Planner

Amanda Ciampolillo, Environmental Protection Specialist

Faris Mohammed, Attorney-Advisor

10.1.3 California Department of Transportation Division of Rail and Mass 

Transportation

Andrew Cook, Chief, Rail Planning Branch

Phillip Hoebeke, Rail Planning Branch

Ryan Greenway, Senior Regional Rail Coordinator

10.1.4 Best Best and Krieger

Charity Schiller, Environmental/CEQA Attorney 

Andrew Skanchy, Environmental/Land Use Attorney 
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10.1.5 HDR

JD Douglas, PE, Project Manager

Patrick O’Neill, Environmental Planning Lead

Kelly Czechowski, Environmental Services Project Manager

Tim Gnibus, Quality Assurance Lead

Nina Delu, RPA, Environmental Services Project Manager

Sharyn Del Rosario, Environmental Services Project Manager

Gerard Reminiskey, PE, Senior Rail Transit Project Manager

Keith Lay, Senior Air Quality Specialist

Mark Hemphill, PE, Senior Railway Planner

Matt Van Hattem, Senior Railway Planner

Bruno Penet, Principal Economist

Andrew Cherene, Senior Geologist

Erin Martinelli, Senior Biologist

Shelly Austin, Senior Biologist

Hong Spores, Senior Hydrogeologist

Anders Burvall, GIS Deputy Project Manager

Renee Stueber, Technical Editor Lead

Katherine Turner, Technical Editor

Terrileigh Pellarin, Environmental Planner

Crystal Wang, Transportation Planner

10.1.6 Subconsultants

Arellano Associates

Edgar Gutierrez, Project Manager
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ICF

Debra Rogers, Environmental Planning Lead

Donna McCormick, Environmental Principal

Jason Volk, Noise and Vibration Principal

Keith Cooper, Air Quality and Climate Change Principal

Johnathan Hecht, Economics Director 

Cory Matsui, Air Quality Manager

Jessica Feldman, Historic Preservation Manager

Tanya Copeland, Senior Manager

Laura Rocha, Senior Water Resources Planner

Kelly Ross, Senior Environmental Planner

Patrick McGuinnis, Senior Archaeologist 

Tanya Jones, Environmental Planner

William Kohn, Wildlife Biologist

Kelsey Dix, Botanist

TranSystems (Consultant to Federal Railroad Administration)

David Fee, Senior Planner

Laina Petrinec, Environmental Planner

10.2 Organizations and Persons Consulted

10.2.1 Aqua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians

Lacy Padilla, Archaeologist/Tribal Historic Preservation Officer

10.2.2 Amtrak

Richard J. Rogers, Principal Officer
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10.2.3 Bureau of Land Management 

John Dalton, Environmental Planner and Coordinator (Palm Springs/South Coast Field Office)

Chelsea Collins, Realty Specialist (Palm Springs/South Coast Field Office)

10.2.4 California Department of Fish and Wildlife

Leslie MacNair, Regional Manager

10.2.5 California Department of Transportation, District 8

Mark Roberts, Office Chief, Intergovernmental Review, Community and Regional Planning 

Ray Desselle, Deputy District Director of Planning

James Camarillo, Associate Transportation Planner

Sean Yeung, Senior Transportation Engineer

10.2.6 California Office of Historic Preservation

Julianne Polanco, State Historic Preservation Officer

10.2.7 City of Coachella

Steven Hernandez, Mayor

10.2.8 City of Desert Hot Springs

Rebecca Deming, Community Development Director

Emily Pearson, Community Development Administrative Assistant

10.2.9 City of Palm Desert

Ryan Stendell, Director of Community Development

10.2.10 City of Indio

Mariano Aquirre, Director of Housing and Development

Kevin Snyder, Director of Community Development
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10.2.11 Coachella Valley Association of Governments

Allyn Waggle, Deputy Director

Martin Magana, Director of Transportation

Eric Cowle, Transportation Program Manager

10.2.12 Federal Transit Administration, Region IX

Ted Matley, Director of Planning and Program Development

10.2.13 Gabrieleno Band of Mission Indians – Kizh Nation

Andrew Salas, Chairman

10.2.14 La Posta Band of Mission Indians

Gwendolyn Parada, Chairperson

10.2.15 Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro)

Elizabeth Carvajal, Senior Manager, Transportation Planning

10.2.16 Morongo Band of Mission Indians

Travis Armstrong, Tribal Historic Preservation Officer

10.2.17 National Park Service

Jill Jensen, Cultural Resources Specialist

10.2.18 San Bernardino County Transportation Authority

Justin Fornelli, Chief of Transit and Rail Programs

Carrie Schindler, Director of Transit and Rail

10.2.19 San Manuel Band of Mission Indians

Jessica Mauck, Cultural Resources Analyst
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10.2.20 Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians

Joseph Ontiveros, Tribal Historic Preservation Officer

Jessica Valdez, Cultural Resource Specialist

10.2.21 South Coast Air Quality Management District

Jillian Wong, Planning and Rules Manager 

10.2.22 Southern California Association of Governments

Steve Fox, Senior Regional Planner

Ping Chang, Acting Manager, Compliance and Performance Monitoring

10.2.23 Southern California Regional Rail Authority (Metrolink)

Henning Eichler, Manager of Research and Planning 

10.2.24 United States Fish and Wildlife Service

Kennon Corey, Assistant Field Supervisor

10.2.25 United States Environmental Protection Agency, Region IX

Clifton Meek, Environmental Review Section